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the fiscal cliff? >> it could make a difference in life. i mean, it all depends on how you look at it. >> and what exactly is the fiscal cliff? >> i'm not sure exactly what that is. but, i mean, if you really think about it, i guess it could cause something, if you, like, researched it or whatever. >> are you worried about the fiscal cliff? >> yeah, kind of. >> what exactly is the fiscal cliff? >> it's a raise in taxes and -- yeah. now i'm going to look like a fool. i don't know. [ laughter ] uh-huh. i don't know. >> are you worried about the fiscal cliff? >> i guess, yeah. >> what is it? >> something to do financially. yeah. that's all that i can tell you. >> why are you worried? >> because you have a worried look on your face. >> it's not good. i know that. so yeah. >> do you know what it is? >> no, i really don't. you go off the cliff. >> are you worried about the fiscal cliff? >> no. >> what is it? >> well, the fiscal cliff i know is mr. huxtable. that's the only one i know. >> well, yeah. you got
the fiscal cliff? >> it could make a difference in life. i mean, it all depends on how you look at it. >> and what exactly is the fiscal cliff? >> i'm not sure exactly what that is. but, i mean, if you really think about it, i guess it could cause something, if you, like, researched it or whatever. >> are you worried about the fiscal cliff? >> yeah, kind of. >> what exactly is the fiscal cliff? >> it's a raise in taxes and -- yeah. now i'm going to look...
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the fiscal cliff, a deal is done. we never hit the so-called dairy cliff, that's good thing, but dairy products are still about to cost a lot more, as are a lot of other goods. we have some ways to help you save money, coming up. >>> lot of the things we buy every day are suddenly about to cost a lot more. prices are jumping this year on all sorts of basics. our josh levels is here to break it down for us and leave us is broke apparently. hello, josh. >> hey there martin. we will have bad news but then there is going to be good news as well, i promise. we will balance it out here. the first thing is we all need to niece lot of talk about the dairy cliff not happening. the fact is nevertheless, prices on a lot of the goods that we buy all the time are going up in 2013, you should know in advance so you don't get caught offguard when you go shopping. starting with meat products, in general, expecting all meat products, as a rule to group 3 to 4%. this is a result, largely, of the drought that's been going on in america.
the fiscal cliff, a deal is done. we never hit the so-called dairy cliff, that's good thing, but dairy products are still about to cost a lot more, as are a lot of other goods. we have some ways to help you save money, coming up. >>> lot of the things we buy every day are suddenly about to cost a lot more. prices are jumping this year on all sorts of basics. our josh levels is here to break it down for us and leave us is broke apparently. hello, josh. >> hey there martin. we will...
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deal and what his role would be in these upcoming fiscal cliff -- not fiscal cliff, but fiscal negotiations. from a political perspective, what should we expect from the house budget chairman in the months ahead. >> we're not so sure at this point. it was very clear when he returned to the campaign trail after mitt romney lost to president obama that paul ryan wanted to be part of the negotiations on the fiscal deal and wanted to be at the speaker's side and he was, we just didn't see it. he was with him all along helping with negotiations and decision its decisions as you saw in very politically and brave supported the speaker and passed a bill with majority democrats. that is a vote that senator marco rubio took a pass on over on the senate side and could be a problem for paul ryan if he wants to run for president in 2016 when he's in the primary process and the purists tell him that was a tax hike and a sellout. he did say i came here to do things. he wanted to vote for a tax cut and everyone's races had been raised and the cut cut battle is one he may notten game. >> he might not have a
deal and what his role would be in these upcoming fiscal cliff -- not fiscal cliff, but fiscal negotiations. from a political perspective, what should we expect from the house budget chairman in the months ahead. >> we're not so sure at this point. it was very clear when he returned to the campaign trail after mitt romney lost to president obama that paul ryan wanted to be part of the negotiations on the fiscal deal and wanted to be at the speaker's side and he was, we just didn't see it....
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critics on both sides blasted the watered down deal to avert the fiscal cliff. what is in and what is out? after promising to protect it both the white house and congress decided to end the payroll tax holiday, meaning your taxes go up 2%. an extra $1,000 for every $50,000 you earn. individuals making more than $400,000 a year will see their taxes go up. also not getting done, spending cuts. one analyst said today congress kicked the drone down the road, postponing cuts for another month. republicans say they will fight raising the debt ceiling without significant spending cuts. >> the president has maxed out his credit card and he's not going to get an unlimited credit card. >> he is back in hawaii today but president obama feels congress spent the money and will have to raise taxes further. >> i will not have another debate with congress over whether or not they should pay the bills they have already racked up. >> of late this afternoon, house republican leaders backed down over their decision to postpone a force and the victims after both parties blasted lack
critics on both sides blasted the watered down deal to avert the fiscal cliff. what is in and what is out? after promising to protect it both the white house and congress decided to end the payroll tax holiday, meaning your taxes go up 2%. an extra $1,000 for every $50,000 you earn. individuals making more than $400,000 a year will see their taxes go up. also not getting done, spending cuts. one analyst said today congress kicked the drone down the road, postponing cuts for another month....
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this is buried in the fiscal cliff deal. you don't know about it unless you scoured the papers today. and the worst, crooked tradition of crony capitalism, tax breaks are littered across this bill for american big business and their fat big lobbyists. as much as $80 billion in tax breaks. you, the ordinary taxpayer are going to have to pay for this nonsense, which is why i want tax reform simplification. let's bring in tim carnie, washington examiner, author of "obamanomics." i read your piece this morning before i got to the washingtll street's journal. i used the word $80 billion but it's supposedly $40 billion in specially targeted tax credits. why is this nonsense still going on? >> i came up with the number more like $75 billion. it's a number of existing tax credits and tax breaks that were supposed to expire at the end of the year along with the fiscal cliff. and late in the negotiations, the white house insisted on keeping many of these tax credits. so what they did is they base -- they copied and pasted a bill that
this is buried in the fiscal cliff deal. you don't know about it unless you scoured the papers today. and the worst, crooked tradition of crony capitalism, tax breaks are littered across this bill for american big business and their fat big lobbyists. as much as $80 billion in tax breaks. you, the ordinary taxpayer are going to have to pay for this nonsense, which is why i want tax reform simplification. let's bring in tim carnie, washington examiner, author of "obamanomics." i read...
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while the fiscal cliff deal was sold as providing tax relief for the middle class, the nonpartisan tax policy center estimates 77% of american households will end up paying higher federal taxes this year. that's because the 2% payroll tax holiday is going away. that will impalmost every worker. despite that house members tried to put the best face on the deal. >> by making republican tax cuts permanent, we're one step closer to comprehensive tax reform that will help strengthen our economy. >> compromise is not the art of perfection. by its very definition a compromise contains elements that neither side likes. >> fox news learned tensions were ratcheted up last week between house speaker john boehner and senate majority leader harry reid with boehner cursing reid accusing him of running the house like a dictatorship. >>> secretary of state hillary clinton is out of the hospital and at home tonight. the secretary is being treated for a blood clot in her head. she spent three days in the hospital. she's making progress doctors say and they're confident she'll make a full recovery. >>> t
while the fiscal cliff deal was sold as providing tax relief for the middle class, the nonpartisan tax policy center estimates 77% of american households will end up paying higher federal taxes this year. that's because the 2% payroll tax holiday is going away. that will impalmost every worker. despite that house members tried to put the best face on the deal. >> by making republican tax cuts permanent, we're one step closer to comprehensive tax reform that will help strengthen our...
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if you think the fight over the fiscal cliff was tough, stay tuned for a bruising round two. from automatic spending cuts to raising the debt ceiling to paying for uncle sam to stay open, the battle lines are drawn. how will that fight play out? we'll ask two key congress american. democrat chris van hollen and republican jim jordan. >> a new republican voice challenges the grand old party to find a different vision. a new man in town with a message that champions opportunity. will the party establishment listen? we'll get a fresh perspective from senator ted cruz. from spending to immigration to the new gun control debate will the new congress be able to get past toxic party sanship to get things done for voters? we will ask our sunday panel to read the political tea leaves all right now on "fox news sunday." and hello again from fox news in washington. after side stepping the fiscal cliff the country now faces an economic triple threat of even greater scale. at stake, automatic spending cuts, government funding and the full faith and credit of the united states. with bruise
if you think the fight over the fiscal cliff was tough, stay tuned for a bruising round two. from automatic spending cuts to raising the debt ceiling to paying for uncle sam to stay open, the battle lines are drawn. how will that fight play out? we'll ask two key congress american. democrat chris van hollen and republican jim jordan. >> a new republican voice challenges the grand old party to find a different vision. a new man in town with a message that champions opportunity. will the...
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they did not stop the fiscal cliff. sad but true. a very astute observation from your leader though. of course they can help you to generate -- for the next couple of weeks are the next couple of months because after all we have a couple of key dates coming up in the next couple of months. we have the beginning of the sequester. we have the debt limit debate and then of course by the end of march, the six-month cr that we are currently operating under runs out and so it's going to be a march madness if you will tax and spending debate. >> guest: jim is exactly right. the most interesting debate is going to be what's going to happen with the debt limit. and there has been a lot of talk about republicans holding the debt limit hostage. i look at it slightly differently. i think the problem and gemini have both been involved in trying to get people to vote to extend the debt limit because it's extremely unpopular on both sides. i saw ads run against republicans and saw ads running against the democrats. the fact of the matter is that to
they did not stop the fiscal cliff. sad but true. a very astute observation from your leader though. of course they can help you to generate -- for the next couple of weeks are the next couple of months because after all we have a couple of key dates coming up in the next couple of months. we have the beginning of the sequester. we have the debt limit debate and then of course by the end of march, the six-month cr that we are currently operating under runs out and so it's going to be a march...
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and, you know, a lot of people we talked to around the country are just sick of fiscal cliff to fiscal cliff, frankly. and that falls to both parties. a lot of blame, according to the polls, goes to republicans. but, as you have seen over this whole deal, it has hit both parties pretty hard in all. as you are taking a look at the senate floor live here, they are coming to the end of the list of votes. try to get a tally but they don't put it up until the very end there, greta but we don't expect this to be anywhere close to 60. it should pass overwhelmingly. >> if i have to find some sort of silver laning, let me just say this, is that i mean this is our democracy. this is how we settle disputes. even if it's pretty ugly and dirty and a lot of dissatisfaction. a lot of nations around the world don't solve these debates this way. so at least we are sort of at each other's throats with words and not otherwise. as we look at them voting. at least, you know, that's the good part of about democracy. that's how we settle our disputes even if it's messy and not particularly satisfactory in ge
and, you know, a lot of people we talked to around the country are just sick of fiscal cliff to fiscal cliff, frankly. and that falls to both parties. a lot of blame, according to the polls, goes to republicans. but, as you have seen over this whole deal, it has hit both parties pretty hard in all. as you are taking a look at the senate floor live here, they are coming to the end of the list of votes. try to get a tally but they don't put it up until the very end there, greta but we don't...
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face a fiscal cliff of our own. come time to file our 2013 taxes, the median income family should expect their taxes to go up by $13,000. >> we need to make sure we can take as much money as possible and put it in 401ks. it shields it from additional tax and makes sure there's more available for retirement. >> reporter: higher taxes aren't the only possible fiscal cliff we should be planning for personally. congress hasn't reached a final resolution on government spending cuts. that means government contracts are still in limbo and jobs could be as well. just in case... >> we need to put away money, as much cash as we possibly can put away. this is not rainy day, this is fiscal cliff part 2 money. >> reporter: one more strategy, plan for the worst-case scenario. >> we need to strengthen our credit to make absolutely sure that if we have any issue, we can turn to credit as a bridge during this period of time in order to give us a safety net. >> reporter: americans already have the deck stacked against them. those hol
face a fiscal cliff of our own. come time to file our 2013 taxes, the median income family should expect their taxes to go up by $13,000. >> we need to make sure we can take as much money as possible and put it in 401ks. it shields it from additional tax and makes sure there's more available for retirement. >> reporter: higher taxes aren't the only possible fiscal cliff we should be planning for personally. congress hasn't reached a final resolution on government spending cuts. that...
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we all know about the fiscal cliff. get ready for the tomato cliff. consumers could pay as much as twice for tomatoes. that could be in the neighborhood of $5 per pound. the agreement sets the price for imports to mexico. last september the commerce department issued a preliminary decision to end the agreement. at only does the mexican agreement oppose ending the deal but threatens to retaliate. the final decision is later this year. tomato lovers will want to keep an eye on that one. you mentioned a mark zuckerberg getting involved in politics. chris christie is seeking reelection in november. he said mark zuckerberg came up with the idea of posting a campaign fund-raiser at his home next month. they got to know each other during weeks of conversation before an announcement on oprah and 2010. he said he would donate $100,000 to public schools -- $100 million to public schools in new jersey. linda bell, abc 7 news. >> no word yet on if he has a batching fleas yet, right? >> not yet. -- matching fleece yet, rigth? >>mary jo wright has spent a decade pr
we all know about the fiscal cliff. get ready for the tomato cliff. consumers could pay as much as twice for tomatoes. that could be in the neighborhood of $5 per pound. the agreement sets the price for imports to mexico. last september the commerce department issued a preliminary decision to end the agreement. at only does the mexican agreement oppose ending the deal but threatens to retaliate. the final decision is later this year. tomato lovers will want to keep an eye on that one. you...
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cliff resolution. a lot of that might be due to a lot of the bigger players unwinding their protection they had on pre- fiscal cliff, kind of feeling the affects here. but, as a contrarian, i think, given the fact that we are at five-year highs on the s&p 500, five-year lows on the vix, pretty good time. certainly has never been cheaper in that time period to be buying some puts as protection here. > > i have to ask you about this latest call on apple as well. there is an analyst out there who says based on what he is hearing from activations of iphones at verizon, he believes apple could go higher than $1,100 in the next year. what you think? > > the next year would be very difficult to say the least. you put the market cap number on that and the revenues and margins, just do the math: it would be... not impossible, but certainly very difficult. kind of the chatter we heard up around $700 before the stock fell back down. in my opinion, once you kind of get the froth out of a p/e multiple in apple or a
cliff resolution. a lot of that might be due to a lot of the bigger players unwinding their protection they had on pre- fiscal cliff, kind of feeling the affects here. but, as a contrarian, i think, given the fact that we are at five-year highs on the s&p 500, five-year lows on the vix, pretty good time. certainly has never been cheaper in that time period to be buying some puts as protection here. > > i have to ask you about this latest call on apple as well. there is an analyst out...
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republicans are leaving right now to talk about how to hand the fiscal cliff. house republican leader eric cantor says he can't support the senate bill. democrats are urging house leaders to let members vote on this bill. >> a raging fire tore through a church in a county today. they are devastated today and investigators are trying to determine the cause and church leaders trying to find a place to worship on sunday. >> at the stroke of midnight same-sex couples began getting married. seven couples tied the note early this morning. they were the force to take advantage of the new law legalizing same-sex marriage. and same-sex marriage is recognized in nine states. there are many other new laws that go sby effect today. we break down some of the new intrigues new laws. >> in california driverless car ace allowed on the highways. a human still had has to be in the passenger seat and californians can use their smartphones to prove they have insurance. >> it is a wonderful thing. if you have your insurance with you all the time, we have our drivers license on ther
republicans are leaving right now to talk about how to hand the fiscal cliff. house republican leader eric cantor says he can't support the senate bill. democrats are urging house leaders to let members vote on this bill. >> a raging fire tore through a church in a county today. they are devastated today and investigators are trying to determine the cause and church leaders trying to find a place to worship on sunday. >> at the stroke of midnight same-sex couples began getting...
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let's look at the fiscal cliff deal. the legislation extends the bush tax era, bush era tax cuts for those individuals making less than $400,000 or if you're married $450,000. estate tax goes up five points to 40%. over $5 million. but would have gone to 55% for anyone over a million dollars. but there is plenty the deal doesn't do. no additional spending cuts immediately. of course we'll do those later. that's nothing -- don't be worry good that. >> we have $110 billion in sequester. >> yeah. >> it gets pushed off to the time -- about the same time -- >> doing this in a month and a half. >> the debt ceiling was not addressed. we'll face mini cliffs. the buttons are going nowhere. involving the debt ceiling, the farm bill expiration and unemployment benefits running out. the markets ended a strong -- we ended strong for the year of 2012. up 166 if you recall on new year's eve even though the fiscal cliff tax dragged on well beyond the 11th hour. futures, as we said, are surging this hour. starting off the new year with a
let's look at the fiscal cliff deal. the legislation extends the bush tax era, bush era tax cuts for those individuals making less than $400,000 or if you're married $450,000. estate tax goes up five points to 40%. over $5 million. but would have gone to 55% for anyone over a million dollars. but there is plenty the deal doesn't do. no additional spending cuts immediately. of course we'll do those later. that's nothing -- don't be worry good that. >> we have $110 billion in sequester....
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just mentioned fiscal cliff, taxes, deficit. but items we all use every day going to cost a little bit more this year. and that will certainly get our attention. with that, here is christine romans. >> here's what you can expect to pay more for in 2013. you probably already noticed your grocery bill is rising because of the drought last year. gra grains like corn are more expensive and that affects everything from cereal to snack food and feed for live stock. meat prices will rise win 3% and 4% this year. moving higher, rent prices, rental rateses remore than 5% in december compared with a year ago. more people are choosing to rent instead of own and that means landlords have the upper hand. >>> shipping costs will rise by about 4% on average, that's according to cnn money as the u.s. postal service struggles with its budget problems. the cost for stamps is going up by one penny on january 27th. >>> commuters using public transportation can expect higher subway bus and train fares in major cities this year. chicago transit autho
just mentioned fiscal cliff, taxes, deficit. but items we all use every day going to cost a little bit more this year. and that will certainly get our attention. with that, here is christine romans. >> here's what you can expect to pay more for in 2013. you probably already noticed your grocery bill is rising because of the drought last year. gra grains like corn are more expensive and that affects everything from cereal to snack food and feed for live stock. meat prices will rise win 3%...
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>> at the moment i said it's a new cliff, here it comes all over again and just like the last fiscal cliff the two sides are miles apart on principle. at this point, bill, it is almost impossible to see what the resolution will be. there will be a resolution but how it comes down, no clue. bill: the president said he won't compromise on this. congress has to pay the bills based on law it passed. house republicans might have new ideas on that one. stuart varney, thank you, 9:20, fbn. see you, stuart. martha. martha: if congress fails to raise the debt ceiling, democrats suggest ad very interesting alternative the president could take into consideration, he could just mint a couple trillion dollar coins. the idea was floated by an analyst at washington research group. democrats like jerrold nadler says this is a great idea. there is a legal loophole that allows the treasury to print platinum coins of any denomination the president likes. republicans say no way. they are already introducing a bill to make sure it doesn't happen. seriously? give me a break. bill: they would be quite valu
>> at the moment i said it's a new cliff, here it comes all over again and just like the last fiscal cliff the two sides are miles apart on principle. at this point, bill, it is almost impossible to see what the resolution will be. there will be a resolution but how it comes down, no clue. bill: the president said he won't compromise on this. congress has to pay the bills based on law it passed. house republicans might have new ideas on that one. stuart varney, thank you, 9:20, fbn. see...
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the fiscal cliff vote wasn't the only drama in the house late last night. anger erupted on the house floor after alaw americas learned thee would be a no vote for super sandy victims. they were expect ago vote on the measure before the term ends tomorrow. but republican leaders suddenly ended the session last night prompting outrage from both sides. >>> everybody played by the rules until the rug was pulled out from under us. we have a moral obligation to hold this vote. >> mr. speaker, we cannot turn our backs on our citizens who need us. >> i have to go home and tell them their new year's gift they are going to wait even longer, even longer for something they should have had over a month ago. >> this is an absolute disgrace. the speaker should hang his head in shame for allowing this to come up. >> he helped parts of new york and new jersey rebuild from that storm delaying the house vote until the new congress is sworn in. we will start the entire process over again. >> bipartisan outrage for spending even more of your money by the republican house of rep
the fiscal cliff vote wasn't the only drama in the house late last night. anger erupted on the house floor after alaw americas learned thee would be a no vote for super sandy victims. they were expect ago vote on the measure before the term ends tomorrow. but republican leaders suddenly ended the session last night prompting outrage from both sides. >>> everybody played by the rules until the rug was pulled out from under us. we have a moral obligation to hold this vote. >> mr....
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cliff deal -- losers of the fiscal cliff deal. we'll break it all down. >>> at the top of the show you heard him, a little bit of governor chris christie blasting the republican led house representatives. he said a plot more than that and his hard -- a lot more than ha and his harsh words have gotten some action. the house will vote friday on $9 billion in aid for superstorm sandy relief. the house came within hours of when the republican governor ripped the republican controlled congress and specifically house speaker john boehner for failing to vote before adjourning late last night on the sandy relief bill. >> we respond to innocent victims of natural disasters not as republicans or democrats, but as americans. or at least we did until last night. last night politics was placed before our oath to serve our citizens. for me it was disappointing and disgusting to watch. >> now a vote on the remaining $51 billion in the aid package will happen january 15th. lawmakers from new york, new jersey and elsewhere including a lot of repub
cliff deal -- losers of the fiscal cliff deal. we'll break it all down. >>> at the top of the show you heard him, a little bit of governor chris christie blasting the republican led house representatives. he said a plot more than that and his hard -- a lot more than ha and his harsh words have gotten some action. the house will vote friday on $9 billion in aid for superstorm sandy relief. the house came within hours of when the republican governor ripped the republican controlled...
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far worse than the impacts of the fiscal cliff. and people, they will remember back in 2011, the last time that this course of action was threatened, our entire recovery was put at risk, consumer confidence plunged, the business investment plunged and gross dropped. in today's agreement, they will remain in place as long as i am president. the deficit needs to be reduced in the way it is balanced as everyone needs to pay their fair share as everyone needs to pay their parts. that's how our economy works best. that's how we grow. the subtotal of all the budget agreements that we have reached so far proves that there is a path forward that it is possible. and if we focus not only on our politics, but on what's right for the country. and the one thing that i think hopefully in the new year will focus on is seeing if we can put a package like this together with a little bit less drama, a little less brinkmanship, not scare the heck out of folks quite as much. we can come together as democrats and republicans, to cut spending and raise
far worse than the impacts of the fiscal cliff. and people, they will remember back in 2011, the last time that this course of action was threatened, our entire recovery was put at risk, consumer confidence plunged, the business investment plunged and gross dropped. in today's agreement, they will remain in place as long as i am president. the deficit needs to be reduced in the way it is balanced as everyone needs to pay their fair share as everyone needs to pay their parts. that's how our...
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cliff but 19% approve of the way the republicans handleed the fiscal cliff. >> not even republicans like the way republicans handled the fiscal cliff. >> jennifer: what will it take to get congress to behave in a way that is responsive to what the people want? >> out 435 districts only 10% faced the voters and had to make the case for their re-election. for the most part they're protected by jerrymandering, redrawing of district lines to keep those guys this office. >> jennifer: the experiment that california has waged about the two top vote getters regardless of party, do you think that's a good thing that other states should model? >> we're going to find out if this top two primary works or not, like in california and a few others states, like louisiana. >> jennifer: you have a better answer? >> to let the non-party commission draw district lines. iowa has been doing it for decades. and five out of six or four out of five districts are competitive every year. there are districts drop by drawn by p by bipartisan commissioners. >> he will understands this. we don't know him outside
cliff but 19% approve of the way the republicans handleed the fiscal cliff. >> not even republicans like the way republicans handled the fiscal cliff. >> jennifer: what will it take to get congress to behave in a way that is responsive to what the people want? >> out 435 districts only 10% faced the voters and had to make the case for their re-election. for the most part they're protected by jerrymandering, redrawing of district lines to keep those guys this office. >>...
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cliff. i agreed there would be no tax increases. i repeat, no tax increases. now, why would i do that? i mean, i won the election. i have the leverage. why give in? well, simply put, i felt sorry for this man. i realized how badly the republican party treats him when he even considers raising taxes. i want to tell you a story. early this week i found my way into the congressional cafeteria, and what do i see? john boehner sitting all by himself, all alone. not a singlebe
cliff. i agreed there would be no tax increases. i repeat, no tax increases. now, why would i do that? i mean, i won the election. i have the leverage. why give in? well, simply put, i felt sorry for this man. i realized how badly the republican party treats him when he even considers raising taxes. i want to tell you a story. early this week i found my way into the congressional cafeteria, and what do i see? john boehner sitting all by himself, all alone. not a singlebe
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we have been through the fiscal cliff, the dairy clef, now get ready to hear about the tomato cliff. >>it is always something. >> how many close do we need. >> 4:37 and 19 degrees. >> an alert for those using metro this morni >> more school closings to pass along to you this morning. orange county schools on a two hour delay. anne arundel will dismis two hours early. >> i am back here in the weather center with adam caskey. cold temperatures still out there. new snow on the way. >> not very impressive. about eight two out of 10. >> i get a lot of two is out of view. >> 10 is snowmaggedon. but the drive, to get a little sloppy out there. especially on the side streets. these are some of the coldest weather as i could find on the weaterbug network. really not much of a wind, so no big wind chill factor. the afternoon probably from about 3:00 until 7:00, that is the most light -- likely timeframe. just another coating. we do have a winter weather advisory for that like coaching of snow. i think the most likely situation is we could see over one engine possibly up to three in some spots.
we have been through the fiscal cliff, the dairy clef, now get ready to hear about the tomato cliff. >>it is always something. >> how many close do we need. >> 4:37 and 19 degrees. >> an alert for those using metro this morni >> more school closings to pass along to you this morning. orange county schools on a two hour delay. anne arundel will dismis two hours early. >> i am back here in the weather center with adam caskey. cold temperatures still out there....
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so when you had the fiscal cliff, they couldn't go over the cliff because they didn't want to raise everybody's taxes. when you had the debt ceiling, they couldn't do that because the full faith and credit of the united states was kind of on the line. in this particular crisis, and this is why charles may be right, in this particular crisis, what's at stake here? budget cuts which, by the way, lots of people think is a good idea. >> ross, do you see a deal by the end of the week? >> i mean, i've been wrong betting against deals in the past. you know, the story of the last two years is that, you know, john boehner, harry reid, barack obama and so on always find some way to pull a deal out of the fire. so it would be silly to bet against that. but i do agree with charles. it's harder in this case to see -- i think you can draw it up on paper, but it's harder to see where the parties come together. i think the reasonable thing to do would be to say let's cut the amount of spending that we're going to cut in half, and let's just agree on, say, doing a little means testing to medicare, which the whi
so when you had the fiscal cliff, they couldn't go over the cliff because they didn't want to raise everybody's taxes. when you had the debt ceiling, they couldn't do that because the full faith and credit of the united states was kind of on the line. in this particular crisis, and this is why charles may be right, in this particular crisis, what's at stake here? budget cuts which, by the way, lots of people think is a good idea. >> ross, do you see a deal by the end of the week? >>...
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this morning we have a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, at least for now. the house of representatives passed a senate fiscal cliff bill late last night. >> the deal keeps americans from falling off the fiscal cliff immediately but kicks some important decisions to the upcoming 113th congress. 9news reporter surae chinn is live on capitol hill with more on the story. good morning, surae. >> reporter: good morning, andrea and mike. yes, it was a late night on capitol hill, but in the end, the house did vote on the senate fiscal bill, although it was very late. it was around 11:00 last night. the vote by a margin of 257-167 opposing. and many consider this a political victory for president obama. that comes one day a. fiscal cliff deadline. but they will work retroactively to extend the tax rates for most americans. it's what he campaigned on to raise taxes on the wealthiest. the bill raises income taxes for individuals earning $450,000 a year and families earning $450,000 a year. it includes an extension of unemployment benefits for about two million america
this morning we have a deal to avoid the fiscal cliff, at least for now. the house of representatives passed a senate fiscal cliff bill late last night. >> the deal keeps americans from falling off the fiscal cliff immediately but kicks some important decisions to the upcoming 113th congress. 9news reporter surae chinn is live on capitol hill with more on the story. good morning, surae. >> reporter: good morning, andrea and mike. yes, it was a late night on capitol hill, but in the...
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. >> in the meantime, congress avoids taking the country over that fiscal cliff for now. and why your income taxes might not go up. another tax taken out of your paycheck will go up. what you need to know about your hike in your social security payroll tax. >> and later this hour keeping men just as healthy as women. a look at why men lag behind when it comes to staying fit and how you can work to fix that. >> something all of us want to do. >> absolutely right. >> tucker barnes joining us now. tucker is in a weather center. a man in tip top shape. >> if you take away the 8 oreo cookies i just ate. let's do weather for you. temperatures overnight have been falling here the last couple hours. going to be a chilly day for you. but we should see lots of afternoon sunshine. and after a couple cloudy days should feel good there. let's get to the numbers and right now at reagan national, we are running in the low 30s. here comes the sun. and again, we haven't seen it much. here are your temperatures. reagan national, temperature of 35. 32 at dulles and bwi marhsall. has been br
. >> in the meantime, congress avoids taking the country over that fiscal cliff for now. and why your income taxes might not go up. another tax taken out of your paycheck will go up. what you need to know about your hike in your social security payroll tax. >> and later this hour keeping men just as healthy as women. a look at why men lag behind when it comes to staying fit and how you can work to fix that. >> something all of us want to do. >> absolutely right. >>...
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they reached a deal on the fiscal cliff but they set up more fiscal cliffs as congressman jim moran said recently, a democrat from virginia. the sequestration battle in a few months and then there's the debt ceiling. will the president and republicans in congress agree to raise the debt ceiling and exchanged for some spending cuts. we saw that in 2011. the obama administration says the not playing that game anymore and they have a plan to raise the debt ceiling and go- around congress. sounds like they're not revealing the details, but that will be the big fight. a debt ceiling fight in a couple months. guest: we are live from the rotunda on capitol hill. opening day of the 113 congress. we want to get your questions and comments about the agenda of the new members face. let's begin with michael in new york, an independent caller. go ahead. caller: good morning. you have a great show. i am a professor in an m.b.a. program. i have 38 students from 400 countries. i teach accounting as well. i see very few accountants in the house of representatives. an observation, you are concentrating on
they reached a deal on the fiscal cliff but they set up more fiscal cliffs as congressman jim moran said recently, a democrat from virginia. the sequestration battle in a few months and then there's the debt ceiling. will the president and republicans in congress agree to raise the debt ceiling and exchanged for some spending cuts. we saw that in 2011. the obama administration says the not playing that game anymore and they have a plan to raise the debt ceiling and go- around congress. sounds...
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is trying to figure out if tax refunds will be delayed because of the last-minute fiscal cliff deal. they are reviewing details and will issue new guidelines soon. several items are listed as reserved because they are waiting on a resolution to the fiscal cliff. >> one day after being released from the hospital seak of state hillary clinton is making plans to go back to work. she plans to go back to work some time next week. she is resting at home after being treated for a blood clot in her head. doctors have advised her not travel abroad. >> we have a developing story from manassas where justin wolfe will remain behind bars. he spent 11 years in prison, he was convicted for a drug related murder but those charges were dropped after it was found that prosecutors suppressed evidence. today, court granted the stay and halted his release. d.c. police say they don't suspect foul play in connection with a death of a man whose body was found in a vepts allegation shaft last night. -- ventilation shaft last night. officers discovered michael poe's body in the ventilation shaft after receivi
is trying to figure out if tax refunds will be delayed because of the last-minute fiscal cliff deal. they are reviewing details and will issue new guidelines soon. several items are listed as reserved because they are waiting on a resolution to the fiscal cliff. >> one day after being released from the hospital seak of state hillary clinton is making plans to go back to work. she plans to go back to work some time next week. she is resting at home after being treated for a blood clot in...
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the stock market responded to the fiscal cliff deal with a big rally, but there are signs release may not last long. some republicans were angered by president obama's remarks last night. >> we will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should be the bills that they have already rack up. >> if the president thinks he 'not going to negotiate, he better thing again. >> john boehner signaled a return to a hard line on spending by delays a vote on aid to the victims of hurricane sandy. several members of his own party immediately and loudly blasted him this afternoon, including new jersey governor chris christie. the speaker has now scheduled a vote for friday and a second vote on january 15th. >>> and the speaker has just responded to that criticism through a spokesman this evening. nbc news correspondent mike viqueira is nbc's washington bureau right now. mike, how much support does the speaker have right now to stay in that position? >> you know, jim, that's a great question. there's been a lot of speculation over the last couple days. after all that turmo
the stock market responded to the fiscal cliff deal with a big rally, but there are signs release may not last long. some republicans were angered by president obama's remarks last night. >> we will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should be the bills that they have already rack up. >> if the president thinks he 'not going to negotiate, he better thing again. >> john boehner signaled a return to a hard line on spending by delays a vote on aid...
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our topic today is the fiscal cliff. i would like to welcome everybody in the room, at those of us were watching us on c-span are on the web. i am a resident fellow here. the fiscal cliff is a praised i suspect most of us hope we would never hear again. born out of the great debt battle if it was intended to be a fiscal wombs so severe it would drive the congress to agree on a long-term plan. the idea is that democrats would agree on spending and republicans would consent to raise taxes. all necessary compromise to avoid the steep increases. at the time some skeptics figured congress in the white house but only agree on one thing, they find a way to buck the consequences. that is largely what congress did. over the next few months we face a grand canyon of fiscal cliff, one budget crisis after another between now and march. to explain what happened a week ago, we have three of washington's most respected experts. to my left is donald marron, former member of bush advisers. rudolph penner is former ceo of the office of bu
our topic today is the fiscal cliff. i would like to welcome everybody in the room, at those of us were watching us on c-span are on the web. i am a resident fellow here. the fiscal cliff is a praised i suspect most of us hope we would never hear again. born out of the great debt battle if it was intended to be a fiscal wombs so severe it would drive the congress to agree on a long-term plan. the idea is that democrats would agree on spending and republicans would consent to raise taxes. all...
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the budget -- there's a debt limit, there's a ceiling, there's a fiscal, remember the fiscal cliff. >> paul: oh, yes. >> dave: and for weeks we tried to get him on the show. >> couldn't get fiscal cliff. >> dave: he said "i'll be in orlando." and now they're defunding the government. there will be no money. so we're going to check in via satellite all the way from london. please welcome cbs chief foreign correspondent graham fenwick jones. graham, there he is. >> good evening, dave. good evening. >> dave: nice to see you. looks like a lovely night in london. as always, thank you very much for your time, graham. it seems like go through this... i don't know, we must have been through it before. but why are we facing this possibility again? >> well, dave, we've seen the tories and the barney rubble with a glass of custard and jelly, getting into a two and eight every farthing and thruppence, strumping over the bit of the president's loggy and then what's the price of your bangers and mash and your toad in the hole? ( laughter ) >> dave: and how ( laughter ) give us the two sides of this
the budget -- there's a debt limit, there's a ceiling, there's a fiscal, remember the fiscal cliff. >> paul: oh, yes. >> dave: and for weeks we tried to get him on the show. >> couldn't get fiscal cliff. >> dave: he said "i'll be in orlando." and now they're defunding the government. there will be no money. so we're going to check in via satellite all the way from london. please welcome cbs chief foreign correspondent graham fenwick jones. graham, there he is....
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this latest fiscal adwreement on the fiscal cliff to avoid the fiscal cliff and prevent middle income taxes from going up and making sure that higher income individuals contributed more, that will result in about $600 billion in revenue coming in over the next 10 years. taken together with the interest savings, that's about $.5 trillion in deficit reduction. now, we should replace the sequester, again work a mix of targeted cuts and revenue, $.2 trillion is the 0-year cost of the sequester, and we should find a way to replace that and continue to work on additional efforts. now, our republican colleagues, it's interesting, they've said, no more revenue. if i recall during the last campaign, the republican presidential candidate, romney, and the vice-presidential candidate, paul ryan, talked a whole lot about how our tax code was filled with tax loopholes and tax breaks that disproportionately benefited very wealthy people. er that whole tax plan was to begin to eliminate some of those loopholes. they wanted to use it dollar to dollar to reduce the rates but they talked about these loo
this latest fiscal adwreement on the fiscal cliff to avoid the fiscal cliff and prevent middle income taxes from going up and making sure that higher income individuals contributed more, that will result in about $600 billion in revenue coming in over the next 10 years. taken together with the interest savings, that's about $.5 trillion in deficit reduction. now, we should replace the sequester, again work a mix of targeted cuts and revenue, $.2 trillion is the 0-year cost of the sequester, and...
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caller: yes, i am glad to something being done about the fiscal cliff. the american people need to understand that the republicans put us in this situation, because when bill clinton left office, he left with a surplus. the republicans spent all the money. we went into recession. then president obama came on scene, and he brought us out of the recession, and it takes money to get out of recession. now they are trying to blame him for all of the spending. mitch mcconnell, he is a disgrace to the senate floor. he said he one of the president to be a one-term president. the people voted obama back in. host: the minority leader, mitch mcconnell, has been negotiating with the vice president joe biden to come to some sort of agreement. what you make of that? caller: i'm talking about what mitch mcconnell said in the beginning. he did not want to work with this president. the want it to see him fail. they're hurting the american people by not helping obama. obama is good for the country, but people that listen to rush limbaugh, sarah palin, and fox news, that i
caller: yes, i am glad to something being done about the fiscal cliff. the american people need to understand that the republicans put us in this situation, because when bill clinton left office, he left with a surplus. the republicans spent all the money. we went into recession. then president obama came on scene, and he brought us out of the recession, and it takes money to get out of recession. now they are trying to blame him for all of the spending. mitch mcconnell, he is a disgrace to the...
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another little wrinkle. >> did you vote against the fiscal cliff deal? >> yeah, i did. i did. >> is this budget going to assume the $600 billion in new revenue in the fiscal cliff deal? >> we haven't gotten to the final product. paul has not yet released it. it potentially will. >> do you think it should? >> i want to look at it in its totality. look, at the end of the day you actually have to put numbers on piece of paper and achieve balance. >> joy, david, you know this as well. republican party for years going way back to the reagan at administration trying to make it clear they're the party of -- they don't, since the old days of eisenhower, back before them, bob dole, people like that, jerry ford, when they really did believe the main purpose of budgeting was to balance it. they now believe in huge defense expenditures, huge tax cuts and strange things they want to do with vouchering. they have so many other ideological ambitions. they've lost track of -- what did somebody say? paul ryan said we're going to balance the budget in 40 years? i would say that's a low p
another little wrinkle. >> did you vote against the fiscal cliff deal? >> yeah, i did. i did. >> is this budget going to assume the $600 billion in new revenue in the fiscal cliff deal? >> we haven't gotten to the final product. paul has not yet released it. it potentially will. >> do you think it should? >> i want to look at it in its totality. look, at the end of the day you actually have to put numbers on piece of paper and achieve balance. >> joy,...
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cliff crisis. and everybody struggled so mightily with the cliff as a metaphor. it would have been much easier if we just named it. it starts with d at this point, right? so how about deidre. already we have aaron, bilbo, carlito and deidre. and now we're sitting in the middle of the sequester thing, which i declare it will no longer be called the sequester. let us call it earl. it starts with e. the half the fact that nobody cares is nobody can remember the word sequester. and half the people who cannot remember sequester cannot spell it and the other half cannot define it. the sequester crisis? no wonder nobody cares. hence it is political storm earl, the fifth storm of the season. earl is expected to be a damaging storm. economically, earl is expected to cost hundreds of thousands of jobs, jobs in every state in the nation. so far the republican position on earl is that it is going to be devastating. and also, woo! let's do it, bring on earl. look at this press release from the republicans' reel
cliff crisis. and everybody struggled so mightily with the cliff as a metaphor. it would have been much easier if we just named it. it starts with d at this point, right? so how about deidre. already we have aaron, bilbo, carlito and deidre. and now we're sitting in the middle of the sequester thing, which i declare it will no longer be called the sequester. let us call it earl. it starts with e. the half the fact that nobody cares is nobody can remember the word sequester. and half the people...
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so the portion of that proposal that was enacted when we doubt it's the fiscal cliff obviously you take out. everything else remains the president's position and demonstrates he's going to make tough choices. he is willing to enact spending cuts as long as we address deficit reduction in a balanced way. you know, we need and expect, you know, a similar minded approach to this problem from republicans, one assumes the american people and the american economy. >> speaker boehner also reportedly said the president told him personally this country does not have a spending problem. did that happen? >> well, you know, there's a lot of conversations about reports internally. i don't have a readout of any president's personal conversations with the speaker or anyone else to provide to you. anyone who speaks to this issue, including deficit hawks in washington, will tell you that health care spending is a major driver of our deficits in the future. so that's why the president believed that we need to address health care spending through the affordable care act. that's why he has put forward sign
so the portion of that proposal that was enacted when we doubt it's the fiscal cliff obviously you take out. everything else remains the president's position and demonstrates he's going to make tough choices. he is willing to enact spending cuts as long as we address deficit reduction in a balanced way. you know, we need and expect, you know, a similar minded approach to this problem from republicans, one assumes the american people and the american economy. >> speaker boehner also...
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a post office bill, and the fiscal cliff. the house did not pass any of those things. it finally passed the fiscal cliff because the speaker took off the lid and said, everybody can vote on it. the reason for the difference is because the have majority rule in the house, people look on it as a sign of weakness. the speaker of the house has to go to the minority party for support. the speakers of the house only want to proceed is to have majority of their own parties. the farm bill did not pass. the housing bill did not pass. even though they are generally supportive and people are waiting for the farm bill to pass. the filibuster cannot create as much of a gridlock as majority rule did. -- did not create as much of a gridlock as majority rule did. some of the senior senators are looking for solutions to of all. they're going to see some modifications. i do not think that filibuster is good to go away. i think it will try to get -- going to go away. i think they will try to get over some of the speed bumps. professor,a terrific i did an oral history with him. his interv
a post office bill, and the fiscal cliff. the house did not pass any of those things. it finally passed the fiscal cliff because the speaker took off the lid and said, everybody can vote on it. the reason for the difference is because the have majority rule in the house, people look on it as a sign of weakness. the speaker of the house has to go to the minority party for support. the speakers of the house only want to proceed is to have majority of their own parties. the farm bill did not pass....
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with the fiscal cliff behind us boehner told his members the focus turns to spending. that puts republicans in congress back on the collision course with the white house after the president insisted earlier this week he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling. >> i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they've already racked up through the laws that they passed. >> reporter: if the president won't come to the bargaining table one top republican in the senate john cornyn says in an op-ed in the houston chronicle it may be necessary to partially shut down the government in order to secure the long-term fiscal well being of our country. democrats warn, watch out. >> risking government shutdown, risking not raising the debt ceiling is playing with fire. >> on this vote the aye are 354 the nays are 67. >> reporter: a preview of the brinkmanship came in the house where 67 republicans including house budget chair paul ryan voted against $9.7 billion in aid for victims of superstorm sandy despite the tongue larshig
with the fiscal cliff behind us boehner told his members the focus turns to spending. that puts republicans in congress back on the collision course with the white house after the president insisted earlier this week he will not negotiate over the debt ceiling. >> i will not have another debate with this congress over whether or not they should pay the bills that they've already racked up through the laws that they passed. >> reporter: if the president won't come to the bargaining...
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the same thing happened with the debt ceiling fight and the fiscal cliff. you cover congress. why does everything get dragged out to the very last second? >> well, i think you just answered your own question. we're dealing with congress, and congress loves to wait for the last minute. we saw that with the debt ceiling debate from a couple years ago. we saw that with the fiscal cliff issue where we actually went over the cliff for several hours before congress came in, you know, late at night and early in the morning and voted on a deal. this is going to go, once again, up to the wire -- down to the wire, and, you know, some people are even suggesting that the sequester will hit before congress actually acts. >> now, this week we heard that the president has his highest approval rating since 2009. it seems the worst congress looks, the better he looks. how could that affect gun control reforms and immigration reform? >> there was an interesting poll that came out in "usa today" just yesterday showing that largely the american public agrees with the positions that the president
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cliff. technically we've gone over the cliff. doesn't feel any different. >> doesn't feel different. they did a clever thing which i haven't thought of is today there is no stock market. there's a holiday. remember for the package that in the days of the bush administration, the market went down over 700 points and all of a sudden they found religion and they passed something. there is no market today. so we don't have the injury or pain but tomorrow there will be and believe me, if there is no deal and it doesn't vote favorably in the house and the president doesn't sign the bill, watch the stock market. >> is this whatever happens do you get the sense, this is going to be a short-term solution until we get to this february debt ceiling? >> oh, absolutely. the debt ceiling is going to make this look like kindergarten. >> fox 5 political analyst. >> another big story we are following don't same sex marriage in maryland it's now officially legal for couples to wed. and what a way to start the
cliff. technically we've gone over the cliff. doesn't feel any different. >> doesn't feel different. they did a clever thing which i haven't thought of is today there is no stock market. there's a holiday. remember for the package that in the days of the bush administration, the market went down over 700 points and all of a sudden they found religion and they passed something. there is no market today. so we don't have the injury or pain but tomorrow there will be and believe me, if there...